Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey all, I'm interested around the fact that its apparently difficult for those on the spectrum to image how characters in novels look like.
Does anyone on here struggle with this? If so, why?
Personally speaking in my case, the characters in books I read usually take the form of people in real life. A lot of this comes from actors in TV shows and films, but even people in my life can take the form of a character in my mind at times. I'm not sure if that can be considered an imaginary deficit, but I have no idea how neurotypical people can imagine entirely new human faces if that apparently is the case.
I often find it easier to get an impression of the contours of the text, its architecture and composition, more than an image of the characters. Not sure if this is typical.